Nancy Rapoport (Law) led a universitywide discussion, sponsored by the UNLV Women's Council, on Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In in February. Coordinator of the UNLV Leadership Development Academy, she helped present a Leadership Development Academy workshop in March on the role of presidents, provosts, and other university administrators.

Dennis Bazylinski (Life Sciences) had 20 scientific publications accepted, including 17 scientific papers and three book chapters, in 2013. He worked with a number of collaborators on the writings, including colleagues across the nation and around the world. While serving his fourth term as a chair of the school he was able to maintain an active…

Shawn Gerstenberger (Community Health Sciences) and Daniel Bubb (Academic Assessment) participated in the first Masters of Public Health Quality Assessment Summit hosted by UNLV's School of Community Health Sciences. Faculty, graduate students, alumni, community members, and employers gathered to attend the half-day event on March 7, engaging in…

Rachel Anderson (Law) received a certificate of appreciation from the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada in March for "Elevating the Conversation on Issues of Racial Equity and Social Justice."

Jeffrey Stempel and Thomas Main (Law) are two of the organizers of a civil procedure symposium, "Through a Glass Starkly: Civil Procedure Reassessed," which UNLV is co-hosting this month in Boston. Both men also will present papers. All papers presented at the symposium will be printed in the Nevada Law Journal.

Rebecca Scharf (Law) recently was elected to the national Board of Directors for the Legal Writing Institute, a nonprofit focused on improving legal writing by creating a forum for scholarship and discussion on legal writing, analysis, and research. The institute has 2,800 members. A total of 32 candidates ran for the eight positions on the board…

Stacey Tovino (Law) will give a one-hour talk at the 8th annual Nevada State Conference on Problem Gambling this month at Harrah's in Reno. Her talk will address health insurance coverage of gambling disorders after the Affordable Care Act. In February, she gave the Distinguished Health Law Lecture at Saint Louis University School of Law's Center…

Amy Bouchard (Alumni) was recognized by CASE District VII Awards of Excellence with a silver award in the category of Alumni Relations Programs - Marketing & Branding for work she did on the UNLV Alumni Association's UNLVIP membership program.

Jean Sternlight (Law) made a presentation on "Disarming Employees? Examining Case Outcomes and Legal Representation in Employment Arbitration" at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in February. The talk was part of a symposium on forced arbitration in the workplace.